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Comment: It is not proposed to seek an extension.
(c)
"The
permanent reservations in sections 9 to 13 of
the Bill of Rights Ordinance should be repealed and the United Kingdom should withdraw its
corresponding reservations to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights."
Their
Comment: Sections 9 to 13 mirror the reservations
made by the United Kingdom Government in
' applying' the Covenant to Hong Kong. repeal would be dependent upon the reservations
being withdrawn. The Joint Declaration states
that the provisions of the Covenant as applied to Hong Kong shall remain in force. The Covenant has
to be taken as SO applied, i.e. with the reservations to which it is subject.
(d)
"Immediate steps should be taken to identify and
expressly repeal or amend existing Ordinances
which are wholly or in part inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Ordinance."
The Secretary
"Amendments to
to
for Constitutional Affairs comments
two of the six ordinances subject
freeze have been introduced into
Council.
We are finalizing
the other four ordinances and
the one-year
the Legislative
proposals to
amendment bills will be introduced into the LegCo
before the freeze period expires on 8 June 1992."
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